One of the recent controversies drawing people into the street was - TopicsExpress



          

One of the recent controversies drawing people into the street was Erdogan’s choice for the name of a new span over the Bosporus, one of several audacious building projects sizing up as his physical legacy. Selim the First came to power by killing his brothers and forcing his father to abdicate. He is remembered both for expanding the Ottoman Empire to its maximum reach and for ordering the slaughter of 40,000 Alevis, a religious minority that today accounts for about 15% of Turkey’s population. The sultan’s nickname, Yavuz, is usually translated as “the Grim.” But language is as complex as culture, and Turks also understand the word as steadfast.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:25:18 +0000

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